Walking into the library, Beckett went to the bookcases where her cousin kept the fiction books and reached for one to take with her on the drive into London before she heard footsteps behind her. Turning around she couldn't help tensing up slightly as she saw it was Brenton and glanced around to see how she could leave when he was speaking.

"Ms. Beckett," Brenton said, smiling at her. "It's funny to see you on your own."

"Yes, excuse me," she replied instantly, moving to try and reach the nearest doorway.

"You know," Brenton said before she could get more than a few steps. "I did want to ask you something."

Beckett was about to leave when the man was speaking before she could and she whirled around to him.

"Why are you married to him?" Brenton asked.

Narrowing her eyes Beckett said, "It's a simple answer; I love him." That time she managed to get closer to the doorway before he was making her stop again.

"Why?" Brenton said.

Turning around again to face him Beckett said, "I think that answer is enough. I love my husband; I'm in love with him and I'm happy with him. We have a wonderful family and life together."

"It's superficial," Brenton commented as she started to leave.

"Do you even know what that word means?" Beckett asked him, at the doorway by then. "I'll tell you right now," she said as she walked up to him. "That I'm more satisfied with him than I could ever be with you. He's attentive and cares for me and all of it isn't just for him to feel better about himself. I'm not just in it for sex, he's not in it for sex and that's what I'm looking for in my life." She stopped before she was too close to him and said, "I'm not interested in another man and will never be interested so you've been wasting your time staring at me and have been pissing me and my husband off."

Making a scoffing noise Brenton snapped, "How could he satisfy you?"

Beckett couldn't help smiling and while the man looked a little thrown at her reaction she said, "You can't hear I take it. And along with words you're unaware of numbers."

"That's…" Brenton started to say before he frowned and then became obviously angry. "He's average."

"At rest," Beckett said simply. When Brenton continued to look annoyed she then said, "Leave me alone or he will kick your ass and if not him then I will. Now I'm leaving and finding my husband because you've made me want to be with him even more than I already do." She left the library then, turning a corner just past the doorway and gasping as she ran into someone. "Rick!" she said, grabbing his arms as he grabbed hers to steady her before he was kissing her gently on the lips.

When they parted Castle was about to speak when they heard footsteps and turned to see it was Brenton who stopped when he saw them. Watching the man stalk down the hallway in the other direction he waited until he was out of sight before turning to his wife.

"You heard?" Beckett asked.

"I heard," Castle replied with a nod. "Thank you," he said seriously.

"It was the truth," Beckett said, shrugging. She then squeezed his arm before letting him go and said, "And I meant everything of course. Come on."

Castle was startled when she grabbed his hand before he was following her over to the stairs. He waited to say anything until they were in their room and as she was closing the door he asked, "I thought you didn't want to…"

"Pervert," Beckett said, smiling at him. "And I don't but we need to leave very soon and I wanted to do this without worrying about him skulking around."

"You've been listening to your cousin too much," Castle said jokingly.

"And you," Beckett said, walking over to him.

As his wife was wrapping her arms around his neck Castle nodded in agreement and waited for her to stop laughing before he said, "You're aware I feel the same about you right?" resting his hands on her back.

"Mmm-hmm," Beckett said simply, gently rubbing her finger along the edge of his hair on the back of his neck. She then glanced up into his eyes from his lips and started to ask, "But how does that work with the av-"

"Measurements don't really work with that," Castle interrupted her. "But I enjoy your… you… your…" he tried saying before she was cupping the back of with neck with a smile.

"You can say it," Beckett told him encouragingly.

"Your pussy," Castle replied. "It's… incredible."

Beckett smiled at that before she said, "Thank you, I'll have to keep doing my Kegel exercises."

"Please," Castle breathed out. "Now," he said quickly, leaning down and capturing her lips with his own. He kept the kiss simple until they needed to breathe and when they parted briefly he was going back to her, crushing her lips beneath his own. He soon was slipping his tongue into her mouth and for a while they started to duel pleasantly until they had to breathe. Parting he wasn't sure if he should continue or stop when his wife was pulling on the back of his neck to bring him down to her again.

Enjoying that kiss immensely Beckett was disappointed when they stopped though she was breathless and her lips were slightly swollen. She wanted to bring him back to her when she heard the alarm on her phone going off and she sighed with her husband. "Maybe later tonight," she said as they reluctantly let go of one another.

"I hope," Castle said, brushing his lips to hers gently. He took her hand and they walked together out of their room before they went down to find her cousin and the McDouglases. After they'd gone out to the cars they'd be using, he asked her, "Drive?"

"That's fine," Beckett said with a smile. She got into the passenger seat of the Land Rover her cousin was letting them use and they started off with Skye and Mary in another Rover behind them. "So," she said as she settled in for their hour-long drive. "Music?"

"That would be great," Castle said, nodding but not looking to her since he was concentrating on getting to the motorway.

Beckett smiled as her husband placed his hand on her leg, keeping it there until he needed to use it on the steering wheel. The action made her suddenly recall when they'd gone to the spa near their home the month before, watching the scenery though she was seeing her and her husband in the onsen there.

"I'm so glad there's only room for two in here," Castle commented.

"Would you have really come in here if there wasn't?" Beckett asked him with a slight smile.

Castle shrugged and doubled checked the lock of the door before he turned back in time to see his wife removing her towel and stepping into the tub in the floor.

"Rick," Beckett said warningly to him. "A dúirt tú gur mhaith leat féin an iompar," telling him that he'd said he would behave.

"I did," Castle said, speaking in English as he was removing his own towel and slipping in the water. He breathed out at the hot water and said to his wife, "Déanfaidh mé iarracht ach is bandia tú," which meant he'd try but she was a goddess.

Studying him Beckett said, "When you talk like that it's hard to believe you."

"You spoke in Irish first," Castle said teasingly. He smiled when she gave him a look and watched her sit lower in the water until it was touching her chin. He hesitated for a moment before he said, "Would you do something for me?"

"Take the tie out of my hair?" Beckett asked him, opening her eyes as she spoke. When he nodded she couldn't help laughing softly as he was doing that rapidly and she then said, "Does my hair really look that good w-"

"Yes," Castle told her.

"You didn't even let me finish," Beckett said in amusement.

"You didn't need to, I knew what you were going to say," Castle replied. "And it looks great wet too."

"Alright," Beckett said with a mock annoyed sigh before she reached up to pull the ponytail holder out of her hair. Once she had put it on her wrist she ran her fingers carefully through her locks since it was already wet from the quick shower they'd taken. "Better?" she asked him.

"Definitely," Castle replied. They were quiet then, relaxing in the water before he couldn't help saying, "Any reason why you held off coming here until today?"

"We were busy, writing and the case," Beckett began. "Along with going to England for Christmas and then everything with the girls."

"I'd forgotten how busy things can get with kids," Castle commented.

"I know, luckily Eliza's learning to ride more," Beckett said. She then ducked under the water before she moved to sit up again, seeing that her husband's eyes were still on her which made her smile.

"What?" Castle asked. He was startled when she slid through the water towards him and he said "I'm beha…ving…" though he trailed off as she came right up to him.

"I don't have to," Beckett told him teasingly before they were kissing. As soon as their lips had met she wrapped her arms tightly around him before their tongues were meeting in her mouth. She lost track of how many times they were kissing before they were eventually pulling away from each other. She smiled and said, "That's all we can do though."

"And the house is empty right now," Castle pointed out to her.

"Pervert," Beckett told him with a smile.

"Of course," Castle replied before he leaned over to her and kissed her again. He didn't linger that time and then said, "I'm so glad you decided to get the massages first."

"It kind of needed to be first," Beckett said. When her husband looked at her questioningly she smiled and brushed her lips to his before saying, "I don't want them to see you in this state."

"I can't control that," Castle said.

Beckett couldn't help laughing softly before she kissed him gently and said, "Don't worry, you're behaving."

"Could I get a reward for that?" Castle said, letting his hopefulness soak his tone.

Shaking her head; and smiling; Beckett leaned over and kissed him before she told him, "As long as I get that too."

Castle nodded a few times before kissing her and they pulled away before they relaxed again.

Watching her husband, Beckett did her best not to go back to him as she didn't want to spend more time there than they had planned. She was relieved when they got out after spending the maximum amount of time there and they parted with another kiss to change back into their clothes. In her changing room she looked at herself for a moment once she was dressed and bit her lower lip before she left the room to meet up with her husband again.

"What is it?" Castle asked, looking at his wife when she laid her hand on his leg.

"No, I was just remembering when we went to the spa," Beckett said.

"Are you sure you still want to be celibate?" Castle asked her jokingly.

"Yes," Beckett said plainly. She then reached up to his arm and squeezed that before saying, "Though you're right, it's really nice once we get back to it."

Castle nodded, not saying anything as he had to focus on getting a parking spot since they'd arrived at Heathrow. The Rover the McDouglases were in parked next to them shortly after and he said to his wife once the car was off, "We're a little early."

"Coffee?" Beckett asked him.

"I bet you fifty Skye opts for tea," Castle said quickly.

Beckett laughed before she shook her head and they stepped out of the car just as the investigator and her wife were doing so next to them.

"Glad to see traffic wasn't horrendous," Skye commented. "But what will we do until their flight is in?"

"I think we can get a coffee," Castle said. "We're not eating here too are we?"

"I thought you wanted to take them to a chipper?" Skye asked him.

"We will, but for now let's head inside," Beckett said before they were walking to Terminal 5. Once inside they easily found the coffee shop by the smell of it brewing and once they had their drinks, they were going over to the nearest seating area, looking outside. Eventually she asked, "How are Ivy and Iris doing?"

"Well," Skye said before taking another sip of her coffee.

"She's right," Mary said, smiling at her wife. "They're loving the weather; they do remember it snowing when they were in New York."

"And they love having their own rooms," Skye said. "And they love the Promenade."

"Are we getting a story?" Castle asked.

"We don't need to tell you if you don't want to hear," Skye said jokingly.

"Don't listen to him, we'd love to know," Beckett said, squeezing his hand.

"It was last month," Mary began when her wife looked at her. "They both have grown and they outgrew their clothes already."

"Were they malnourished?" Beckett said in concern.

"A little with the previous foster family," Skye said, nodding her head. "It was more their height and they needed some new pants of all kinds so we made it a trip."

"All the kids?" Beckett asked.

"All of them," Mary said.

Smiling when her wife looked at her pointedly Skye then said, "We started from the northern end though we bypassed the bookstore; for last." When the two nodded she then continued, relating about the first store they entered.

"Are we going to get anything too Mum?" Marie asked.

"If you see something," Skye replied. "But we need to approve of it first."

"I know," Marie replied, laughing when her mother squeezed her arm.

Skye then turned her attention to Old Navy, walking inside after the rest of her family before she followed them to the children's section. "Alright girls," she said to the youngest twins. "Look around and let us know what you find." She followed them with Mary as their other daughters spread around the area to look at the new clothes that were in their sizes before her wife squeezed her hand, making her turn to her before she was speaking.

"I think we're going to have to help them," Mary told her wife.

Glancing at their youngest two, Skye could see she was right as the pair was looking at each other in obvious uncertainty. She walked over to them and placed her hands on their shoulders before kneeling just behind them. "Are you unsure of what you should get?" she asked them.

After she and her twin nodded Ivy said, "What's okay for us to get?"

Smiling Skye said, "Let us know what you liked."

"Um, I like those," Iris said, pointing to a pair of leggings.

"Those'll be good for the spring," Skye said, looking at her wife as she stood.

"You like the pattern?" Mary asked her, holding the leggings up to their youngest's waist.

"Yeah, I like unicorns," Iris said seriously.

"Okay, you'll have to try those on," Skye said, draping them over her arm. "Just tell us which ones you like and we'll say yes or no."

After they'd gone through the pants available Iris had found two more pairs while Ivy had only gotten one. Since they were the only two with anything to try on Mary took them into a changing room while Skye remained with the other three girls.

"Why didn't Ivy find anything?" Kathleen was asking.

"I'm not sure," Skye replied. "I suppose she likes another store better."

"I think she liked the Gap more," Marie said. "I told her they were sorta the same though."

"Not exactly; we'll head there next," Skye said, glancing over at the entrance to the dressing rooms as the three were walking out to them. "The Gap?" she said to her wife.

"Alright, Marie, Kath, watch your sisters," Mary said before they were walking to the front of the store.

"How are the leggings," Marie said as they were looking at the items for sale in front of the store.

"Really pretty; I can't wait to wear them," Iris said eagerly.

"You didn't see any you liked?" Kathleen said then to Ivy.

The little girl shook her head and said, "I don't like leggings."

"Oh… do Mum and Mom know?" Marie said.

"She told us," Skye said. "Come 'ead girls, we've more to see." She took Ivy's hand as the girl walked over to her and led them to the doors where they walked to the end of the next block. Inside the next store she stayed with the little girl and helped her get a few more pairs of pants.

"Is that enough?" Ivy asked once she had tried everything on.

"Yes, luckily we already got your uniform trousers so we won't need to worry about those," Skye said, helping her back into her jeans. "But don't grow so fast."

Unable to help giggling at her mother's mockingly stern tone Ivy reached for her and wrapped her arms around her neck as she was sitting and murmured, "I love you Mummy."

"I love you too Ivy," Skye told her seriously, quick to hug her back. When the little girl pulled back she smiled at her and said, "Are you happy at school?" At Ivy's nod she said, "Learning a lot?" Another nod and she then said, "Still hoping to fly with me?"

"Oh please," Ivy breathed. "May I? May I start to learn."

Unable to help laughing Skye kissed her cheek and said, "Then we will next weekend." She laughed again when the girl squealed and she held her close before letting her go and saying, "Let's go back to everyone and let them know. Also let's see if we can't find something at the Adidas store for your mom and I; we need new running shoes for the beach."

"They're nearly here grá," Mary told her wife when she trailed off.

"I know," Skye said. "I can't really help miss them."

"We know how you feel," Beckett reassured her. She was about to speak when she heard someone calling to the investigator.

"Jenks," Skye said when she turned to see who it was.

"I 'ad no idea you were 'ere," the man said, hugging the investigator briefly once he'd reached her. "Not in for an investigator are you?"

"Luckily no, we're waiting for our families to get in," Skye said once they'd parted. "This is Peter Jenks," she then said to Castle and Beckett. "He's a pilot for British. Where are you heading to?"

"Johannesburg," Jenks answered. "Then Delhi, Bangkok and last Sydney before coming back."

Skye was going to comment when she heard the alarm on her phone going off and looked at the arrivals board. "They've landed," she said to the others.

"I 'ave to go," Jenks said with a smile when the investigator turned to him.

"Safe flight Jenks and get in touch when you can," Skye told him.

"Don't worry, I surely will," Jenks said. "And before I forget, congratulations on your win dancing."

"Thank you," Skye said before they quickly hugged. When the pilot had left he said to the others, "There was an incident on one of his flights and I looked into it."

"But you said they were here," Castle said. He wasn't surprised when the three women looked at him and he couldn't help laughing before he said, "Sorry, I just wanted to bring the attention back to that fact."

"We have some time still," Skye said.

Finishing the last of her coffee Beckett said, "I wouldn't mind going to wait right now."

"Then let's go," Mary said, nearly shooting up from her chair.

After they'd thrown away their cups the four went over to the railing where the passengers were walking by, leaning against it as they watched.

"I hope they get out here quickly," Castle said. He wasn't surprised when his wife squeezed his hand and he smiled at her, squeezing back before they looked back past the railing so they could see their family as soon as possible.